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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                            ~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

                                              Chapter 2-The Great Image
                   Acts 1:6. (3) Flesh and blood cannot inherit


               it.  1  Corinthians  15:50.  (4)  It  is  a  matter  of


               promise to the apostles, and to all those that


               love God. James 2:5. (5) It is promised in the


               future  to  the  little  flock.  Luke  12:32.  (6)


               Through  much  tribulation  the  saints  are  to



               enter therein. Acts 14:22. (7) It is to be set up


               when  Christ  shall  judge  the  living  and  the


               dead. 2 Timothy 4:1. (8) This is to be when he


               shall come in his glory with all his holy angels.


               Matthew 25:31-34.



               As  militating  against  the  foregoing  view,  it


               may be asked if the expression, “Kingdom of


               heaven,” is not, in the New Testament, applied


               to the church. In some instances it may be; but


               in  others  as  evidently  it  cannot  be.  In  the


               decisive texts referred to above, which show


               that it was still a matter of promise even after
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